Writing.
Notes on backend, AI, and system design. Things I learned building, and things I studied until they made sense.
- 2026-09-14Consistent hashing from first principlesBuild up consistent hashing one step at a time: from a single database to sharding, hash rings, adding and removing databases, and balancing the ring with virtual nodes.Systems16 min read
- 2026-09-14RAG: from documents to grounded answersWhat I learned about retrieval-augmented generation: choosing chunk boundaries, embedding text, searching ChromaDB with HNSW, and tracing answers back to their sources.AI10 min read